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Herbert Butler. "The Young Scientist". Oil on Canvas Interior.
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Herbert Butler. "The Young Scientist". Oil on Canvas Interior.

1900 - 1920
Description

Artist: Herbert Edward Butler. (1861-1931).

Title: "The Young Scientist".

Signed. Dated 1919. Oil on canvas.

Size: 16"x 26". Framed size: 21 1/2"x 31 1/2".

For more info please contact us at:

Tel: 01677 424830 Mob: 07885 175279 Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

Trade enquiries welcome.

Now cleaned and framed and in very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery.

HERBERT EDWARD BUTLER

1861-1931

Born in Islington and trained at the Royal Academy Schools, he came to Polperro with his artist friend Charles BOUTWOOD where they met their future wives, the Pond sisters, Thirza and Sophia.

Herbert and Sophia married in Talland Church, Polperro, in 1892, leaving immediately for Chicago to join Charles and Thirza Boutwood. They returned to England in 1894 with their first child, Alice. The family settled in Watford, where they had two further children, Mary and Jack. They returned to Polperro in c.1898 and had three more daughters, Ruth, Nancy and Catherine. In later life Nancy described their childhood in Polperro as 'idyllic'. In 1907 Butler established a school of painting there, together with his friend Arthur Romilly FEDDEN.

He exhibited at the Royal Academy (1909) and, as well as the large oil paintings so fashionable with the Victorians, he turned more to smaller watercolours after the First World War. He also illustrated a number of books. He continued to paint with enthusiasm right up until his death in 1931.

He produced the one known Polperro war painting, 'The Homecoming', a large oil showing a soldier being welcomed home by his family in their cottage. This was donated to the Rowett Institute, Polperro, but the painting is now on loan to the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro (2022).

Physical Dimensions
Height
55cm (21.65")
Width
80cm (31.50")
Depth
8cm (3.15")
Declaration

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Edwardian Portrait Oil Painting to the 1920s.

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SA1082124
Dealers Internal Reference
WGB
Description
Artist: Herbert Edward Butler. (1861-1931).

Title: "The Young Scientist".

Signed. Dated 1919. Oil on canvas.

Size: 16"x 26". Framed size: 21 1/2"x 31 1/2".

For more info please contact us at:

Tel: 01677 424830 Mob: 07885 175279 Email: williamgreenwoodfineart@gmail.com

fig 1. An oil painting depicting a young blonde boy seated at a dark wooden desk with scientific equipment, a brass microscope, and an open book.
fig 1. Herbert Butler. "The Young Scientist". Oil on Canvas Interior.

Trade enquiries welcome.

Now cleaned and framed and in very good ready to hang condition. Free UK delivery.

HERBERT EDWARD BUTLER

1861-1931

“
Born in Islington and trained at the Royal Academy Schools, he came to Polperro with his artist friend Charles BOUTWOOD where they met their future wives, the Pond sisters, Thirza and Sophia.
William Greenwood Fine Art
fig 2. An oil painting depicting a young blonde boy seated at a dark wooden desk with scientific equipment, a brass microscope, and an open book.
fig 2. Herbert Butler. "The Young Scientist". Oil on Canvas Interior.

Herbert and Sophia married in Talland Church, Polperro, in 1892, leaving immediately for Chicago to join Charles and Thirza Boutwood. They returned to England in 1894 with their first child, Alice. The family settled in Watford, where they had two further children, Mary and Jack. They returned to Polperro in c.1898 and had three more daughters, Ruth, Nancy and Catherine. In later life Nancy described their childhood in Polperro as 'idyllic'. In 1907 Butler established a school of painting there, together with his friend Arthur Romilly FEDDEN.

fig 3. An oil painting depicting a young blonde boy seated at a dark wooden desk with scientific equipment, a brass microscope, and an open book.
fig 3. Herbert Butler. "The Young Scientist". Oil on Canvas Interior.

He exhibited at the Royal Academy (1909) and, as well as the large oil paintings so fashionable with the Victorians, he turned more to smaller watercolours after the First World War. He also illustrated a number of books. He continued to paint with enthusiasm right up until his death in 1931.

fig 4. An oil painting depicting a young blonde boy seated at a dark wooden desk with scientific equipment, a brass microscope, and an open book.
fig 4. Herbert Butler. "The Young Scientist". Oil on Canvas Interior.

He produced the one known Polperro war painting, 'The Homecoming', a large oil showing a soldier being welcomed home by his family in their cottage. This was donated to the Rowett Institute, Polperro, but the painting is now on loan to the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro (2022).

Height
55cm (21.65")
Width
80cm (31.50")
Depth
8cm (3.15")
Date of Manufacture

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this Edwardian Portrait Oil Painting to the 1920s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1082124
Dealers Internal Ref
WGB
William Greenwood Fine Art
Sellingantiques verified Since Oct 2012
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Edwardian portraiture often features intimate interior settings, relaxed poses, and narrative elements reflecting personal interests. Artists used natural lighting contrast to highlight subjects while maintaining rich, muted background tones.

Early 20th-century oil paintings typically utilised ground oil pigments bound with linseed oil, applied onto stretched natural flax canvas or linen. Wooden strainers or stretchers supported the canvas backings.

Authentic period oil paintings exhibit age-appropriate surface craquelure, natural patina to the paint layer, and signs of aged wood or canvas on the reverse. Examining stretcher construction and turn-of-the-century framing hardware also helps confirm age.

A dark oil portrait creates striking contrast when mounted against neutral or jewel-toned walls. Hanging the artwork above a sideboard or alongside dark timber bookcases enhances traditional and dark academia aesthetic schemes.

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